Progress Thread 74 Mustang II - Build as semi-daily driver

Lazy sunday... time to post some pics from the work I have done in the last weeks:

Here is the finished unterbody 90% of the unterbody protection is the original one, that was refreshed with the fluid film product


Here is a picture from rebuilding the 3rd member (It has the 2.78 ratio from my 66 Mustang, which should work very well with the small tire diameter and the T5 tranny)


Here is the rebuild rear end (i like the look of the cunifer brake lines very much)


The explorer 5.0 front dress of the engine gives my enough room (about 0.5 to 0.75 inch) in the 74 mustang to use the radiator at the stock position (I will use an electric fan in front of the radiator)


And here is the power steering pump and the alternator mooked up. The explorer engine front forces me to put the alternator more beside the engine than in front of the engine... but i guess it will work. I need to to further bracing on the pump and alternator and and the tensioner will be on the pump side.


The silicon hoses are ordered, but i need to order stainless steel pipe to finish the connecting pipes inbetween. I also need to put a sensor bung into the lower hose/connecting pipe to have a thermo switch for the e-fan.

I removed the brake calipers to rebuild them, but at the moment I' not sure if I can remove the pistons... they are stuck. Time and WD40 will perhaps help.
If i can't reuse them I'm thinking about doing the 5 lug swap, then my wheel problem whould also be solved.
But at the moment I whould be happy to reuse the calipers because I have everything here...

40 PSI with compressed air... *PLOP*
The calipers and pistons where in an ultrasonic bath. Pistons look like new, calipers have very little corrosion. At the weekend I will clean it all up further and paint it black.
The ultrasonic bath did also remove all the black chewy stuff (that was 30 years ago gasoline) from the fuel sending unit. The pipes from the sending unit where clogged...
@2Blue2: fingers crossed, that your calipers are also easy to rebuild

Brakes are finally completed. Bleeding with vacuum worked nice on the brakes.
I also washed the carpet with a pressure washer and there were some flaws which I fixed. With floor mat mats inside, you won't see anything. Front seats are also installed and no modification is needed:
the stock front position of the seat is comfy for my with and she can still see the hood. And for me the rear position is also comfy and I'm not hitting the roof with me head. Mustang II is a nice looking and handy family car

With the pressure washer in the driveway i cleaned all the dust and swarf from the car. And my daughter and wife where looking for leaks inside. I need new window beltline weather stripes, some taillight gaskets and the quater panel window is leaking extremly...

Does somebody has a hint, how to get the quaterpanel windows removed?! Because all of the other weatherstriping is still soft and looking good, I'm thinking they were installed wrong at some time or they forgot to use sealant?!
Has anyone expericne with the quater panel windows of the hatchback?

Do you mean the interior trim? Is it removed to the inside?!

It's been a while, but I removed the quaterpanel windows and noticed that there were missing half the screws... now i know why they where leaking.
I cleaned everything up and installed them with ALL (!) screws and some duroplastic sealant. Know it should be leakproof.
I also changed the door locking cylinders from right to left, because one locking cylinder has a diffrent key. Now the driver side door locj and the ignition lock have the same key. I dont think that I often lock the codrivers side often from the outside.
Next week I want to put new plastic foil on the door to have a water protection.

Distributor is finally ready for installation. I reduzed the gap of the "18L slot" by welding and grinding to get a "10L slot". I want to set 14-16° static advance + 20 mechanical advance.


My 289 exhaust manifolds are also ready for installation: painted and the hardware arrived from summit racing.


I'm hoping to finish the cooling system over the weekend (custom made) and the serpentine belt drive is also near to be finished...